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1884.140.935

Facsimile spearthrower, made from a piece of wood of plano-convex section, with a wooden peg bound with string to the distal end to engage the spear butt. The implement is expanded in the middle, with a finger hole in the wider part. [LM 17/10/2007]

1884.140.935

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Collection type
Object
Description
Facsimile spearthrower, made from a piece of wood of plano-convex section, with a wooden peg bound with string to the distal end to engage the spear butt. The implement is expanded in the middle, with a finger hole in the wider part. [LM 17/10/2007]
Geographical reference
Peru
Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Peru
Ucayali River
Cultural groups
Shipibo-Konibo
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1884
Date collected
By 1874?
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884 Found unentered: Found unentered
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material String, Process Bound, Process Carved
Dimensions
Length: max 530 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.140.935 PR Cat other PR nos: 215 PR no.: ? 148/ 8386

Search terms: Weapon, Reproduction, Hunting, Spear-thrower